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The Jaipur Detour which was essentially panhandle in India or 'ride these heavy bikes a fairly long way and then search through the numerous barrels for a tiny object to trade for your next clue WHY WOULDN'T YOU PANHANDLE?'. Not only am I not a fan of watching people beg for money but I'm most assuredly not a fan of the race design forcing it to be the optimal task.

Anyway, product placement is always good.. cause it keeps the show going, but when the product placement becomes a lame task which shouldn't have been part of a Detour/Roadblock.... it is sad.

I like how they incorporated the gnome into TAR 20, where they have to slide the gnome across the ice rink to get their clue. That should be at least how it's done. Not instead dig up 50 holes and ask teams to find the random limited gnomes. Sounds really hard right?

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"The Amazing Race shows the best and worst out of you. But if only negative things are shown, then it's probably you. - Jobby"

"I can't speak for production, but I really like that people see us when we're traveling around the world. If you're a fan of the show, ... you're going to be more excited because you want to see what happens." --Phil Keoghan

"I can't speak for production, but I really like that people see us when we're traveling around the world. If you're a fan of the show, ... you're going to be more excited because you want to see what happens." --Phil Keoghan

The starting line elimination in Season 15The HazardThe non-elimination penalty in seasons 5-7 (wearing nothing but the clothes on your back for the rest of the race and begging for money during the next leg? Really?)

and, of course....

THE FAMILY EDITION, the lamest season ever.

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"When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home....."

I find those great! Along with the Caviar TAR5, and the soup in TAR6 too.

I think TAR should have never left lots of legs with no self-driving. Teams have to be prepared to read maps and navigate by themselves. That is a BASIC tool for racing, I think, and there's some times when teams don't drive for legs and legs... That's not good. I want more dramma!

Another one, when they've put stupid stereotypical greeters to represent places instead of people who just look more normal. As a British person I was cringing at the guy in the bowler hat, or the one in armour. It's just silly.

Another one, when they've put stupid stereotypical greeters to represent places instead of people who just look more normal. As a British person I was cringing at the guy in the bowler hat, or the one in armour. It's just silly.

While I understand why that bothers you, if they grabbed a normal looking person for each leg, none of the greeters would be memorable as they'd all look the same somewhat.

I find those great! Along with the Caviar TAR5, and the soup in TAR6 too.

I think TAR should have never left lots of legs with no self-driving. Teams have to be prepared to read maps and navigate by themselves. That is a BASIC tool for racing, I think, and there's some times when teams don't drive for legs and legs... That's not good. I want more dramma!

I think the pizza was the last task on the finale leg, where teams were sent off to finish a pizza before they will receive their finish line clue.

Makes. No. Sense.

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"The Amazing Race shows the best and worst out of you. But if only negative things are shown, then it's probably you. - Jobby"

I find those great! Along with the Caviar TAR5, and the soup in TAR6 too.

I think TAR should have never left lots of legs with no self-driving. Teams have to be prepared to read maps and navigate by themselves. That is a BASIC tool for racing, I think, and there's some times when teams don't drive for legs and legs... That's not good. I want more dramma!

I think the pizza was the last task on the finale leg, where teams were sent off to finish a pizza before they will receive their finish line clue.

I think TAR should have never left lots of legs with no self-driving. Teams have to be prepared to read maps and navigate by themselves. That is a BASIC tool for racing, I think, and there's some times when teams don't drive for legs and legs... That's not good. I want more dramma!

Yeh that's what I've said. I liked the German leg this year because of that. And AR19 seemed to have more self driving than AR20.

While I understand why that bothers you, if they grabbed a normal looking person for each leg, none of the greeters would be memorable as they'd all look the same somewhat.

I think people do differ quite a lot from place to place in how they look. And I don't mind them using a specific national costume sometimes [in less modern places perhaps] but I don't want them putting on an act and sounding silly.